The Real Twin Peaks

Imaginary Worlds

Eric Molinsky

Fiction, Arts, Society & Culture, Science Fiction

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2017

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Most people think of Twin Peaks as a place in their imaginations or on TV. But the show caused an identity crisis for the folks living in the towns where Twin Peaks was filmed. Kyle Twede, who owns Twede's Cafe which was a major location on the show, has to walk the line between being a real place and an imaginary one that caters to tourists. Dana Hubanks thinks David Lynch did capture something authentically dark about her hometown. And Cristie Coffing says whether the show captured the area is less important than the fact that it brought in a steady influx of tourists. But none of them were as disturbed by the show as Harry "Buzz" Teter. Not only did his hometown of Twin Peaks, CA resemble its TV counterpart -- but his late girlfriend shared many similarities with Laura Palmer, including her tragic fate.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Imaginary Worlds.
0:04.1	A show about how we create them and why we suspend our disbelief.
0:07.9	I'm Eric Mollinsky.
0:14.0	So Twin Peaks is coming back to TV this month.
0:17.4	I'm so excited and I've known this for two years and I can't believe it's actually here.
0:22.0	On May 21st, a third season of Twin Peaks is going to air on showtime with most the
0:28.2	original cast.
0:30.0	David Lynch is going to direct every episode.
0:33.4	And as I mentioned in my episode about the X-Files, I always love the idea of returning
0:37.1	to older characters and pretending that, well, the show has been off the air.
0:41.6	These characters have been living their lives and we're just catching up with them.
0:45.6	And since Twin Peaks ended on a cliffhanger, I'm very curious to see what happens.
0:51.0	So, when the show first went on the air in the spring of 1990, I was just graduating
0:55.4	high school.
0:56.9	When Twin Peaks was the perfect show to get sucked into as a teenager with all the
1:00.0	melodrama and the supernatural intrigue, and I hadn't traveled much outside the Northeast,
1:05.9	so I just fell in love with this world of the Pacific Northwest that David Lynch had created.
1:11.8	But over time, I became really interested in the actual places where Twin Peaks was filmed.
1:18.0	North Bend, Fall City, and still Kwame in the state of Washington.
1:22.9	And until Twin Peaks went on the air, they were known as logging towns.
1:26.3	Great opportunities to go fishing, camping, skiing, or hiking.
1:31.3	And then suddenly they had this new identity imposed on them by a filmmaker with a very
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